vote on the budget. what played out on the floor of the senate over several days showcased a party at war within itself led by ted cruz of texas, rand paul of kentucky, mike lee of utah and marco rubio of florida. the tea party wing shows no interest in governing. in fact, they win points with the base for obstructing things from getting things done in washington. what an interesting political party. john mccain the most outspoken of the old guard republicans couldn t hide his frustration and anger. h he called cruz s objections to a conference committee on the budget bizarre. on wednesday cruz fired back and raised eyebrows with his strong critique of both democrats, and catch this, his own party. republicans. senior senator from arizona urged this body to trust the republicans. let me be clear, i don t trust the republicans. and i don t trust the democrats. and i think a whole lot of americans, likewise, don t trust the republicans and the democrats because it is leadership in both
arizona urged this body to trust the republicans. let me be clear. i don t trust the republicans. and i don t trust the democrats. steve, talk about a straight talk express. i don t trust the republicans. i guess ted cruz is being honest there. he is in a way. and it sort of reflects i would say in the last generation of two, two major revolutions in the republican party. in the first one, very straight forward, happened about 30 years ago, made the republican party from a party a real big ten ideological party into an ideologically conservative party. late 70s, 80s, primary challenges like the old liberal republican senator from new york pushed out and became an anti tax party. straight forward. what ted cruz represents and rand paul, mike lee from utah, they represent this new revolution that s not so much about ideology, it s about tactics, attitude, it s about absolutism. it s about a total refusal to
the republicans. let me be clear. i don t trust the republicans. and i don t trust the democrats. steve, talk about a straight talk express. i don t trust the republicans. i guess ted cruz is being honest there. he is in a way. and it sort of reflects i would say in the last generation of two, two major revolutions in the republican party. in the first one, very straight forward, happened about 30 years ago, made the republican party from a party a real big ten ideological party into an ideologically conservative party. late 70s, 80s, primary challenges like the old liberal republican senator from new york pushed out and became an anti tax party. straight forward. what ted cruz represents and rand paul, mike lee from utah, they represent this new revolution that s not so much about ideology, it s about tactics, attitude, it s about absolutism. it s about a total refusal to
i don t trust the republicans and i don t trust the democrats. i think a whole lot of americans likewise don t trust the republicans and the democrats because it is leadership in both parties that has gotten us in this mess. and we are glad to have you. here with us now is chairman of the republican national committee reince priebus. there is a need for cruise control in washington? i think ted speaks for a lot of americans who are sick and tired of everything. is ted helping himself in terms of being effective in washington? i think he is representing a voice out there of people that, quite frankly, are tired of everybody. i think that is true. i think you all can agree with that, that there are lots of people out there that get tired of politics and tired of washington, d.c. in general and just saying, look, i don t trust anybody. i don t think that is an unreasonable position for someone to take. a position the leadership
faith in his colleagues on the senate floor. he did it once again. tell us what happened. it is, mika. first out last night, the new york times best seller list for june 2nd, two weeks for now, obsessed by mika brzezinski. i didn t know that. ted cruz talking about budget negotiations and not raising the debt ceiling and then what happened? take a look. the senior senator from arizona urged this body to trust the republicans. let me be clear. i don t trust the republicans. and i don t trust the democrats. and i think a whole lot of americans likewise don t trust the republicans and the democrats because it is leadership in both parties that has gotten us in this mess. mike, mike. what? i just i don t know. maybe joe ought to chime in.